The Department of Art History\, Visual A
rt & Theory at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Solita
rium\, the annual exhibition of new work by the 2nd–year Master of Fin
e Arts in Visual Art cohort. The exhibition takes place at the AHVA Gallery
in the Audain Art Centre from September 18 to October 13\, 2023.
Solitarium
With works by Francisco Berlanga\, Alex Gibson\, Tiff
any Law\, Jesse Ross\, and Morgan Sears-Williams.
September 18 – Octo
ber 13\, 2023
Opening reception: Friday\, September 22\, 4 – 6 p.m.
Interdepartmental Crits: September 22\, 1 – 3 p.m. & 29\, 1 – 4 p.m.
AHVA Gallery
Audain Art Centre\, 6398 University Boulevard\, Vancou
ver
Gallery hours: Monday – Friday\, 12 – 4 p.m.
Closed on Octobe
r 2 & 9
Positioning the structure of a solarium as a container for is olation\, the artists in Solitarium consider contemporary human co nditions through an incubation of loss\, body\, culture\, and memory. A roo m which protects and isolates from outside elements\, a solarium presents s pace as open to viewing the world yet shut off\; preserving while secluding . A place to grow while accepting confinement. A place of comfort to let in the right amount of discomfort. An ‘in-between’ space. Conflating two disp arate structures\, Francisco Berlanga\, Alex Gibson\, Tiffany Law\, Jesse R oss\, and Morgan Sears-Williams explore states of solitude and growth as in tertwined aspects of human life.
Together the artists in Solitari um question the lines between solitude and community\, between the hum an desire to reach out\, yet turn away. Through voluntary isolation\, the b ody might find new avenues for growth\, offering room to contemplate confli cting modes of resistance and receptivity which entwine to create psycholog ical collisions. Much like heat from the sun intensified through an index o f glass\, so too might the act of self-concealment accelerate a way forward .
We acknowledge that the creation and presentation of these works ta ke place on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷə y̓əm (Musqueam) people.
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